Authors Foreword Growing up as a Martin would be impossible for this generation of youths who believe that the highest score wins the love of the parents these days. When you raise your children on chips and pizza you'd get a Boot in your ass by my Father the Patriarch and cornerstone of my family. Who would just sneer a "What You looking at Boy? You better learn how to cook a decent meal or I'll teach your ass how after I retrieve my Size 12's out of your hind parts you dig?"